From the Closed Stacks: Rare Books Exhibit

Start date: September 1, 2024
End date: December 22, 2024
All-day event
Location: Library 3rd floor
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Explore the world of rare books! From cuneiform tablets to medieval illuminated manuscripts; from Japanese fairy tales illustrated on rice paper, to a rare edition of Don Quixote. The library’s Special Collections and Archives department presents a few of the rare treasures you can find in the closed stacks….

For more information, contact Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Isabel Folck, at folckil@hollins.edu

ENG 001 English/Creative Writing Exhibit

Start date: November 12, 2024
End date: December 20, 2024
All-day event
Location: 1st floor

This exhibit is a dedication to the faculty of the English/Creative Writing department of Hollins University. It is an excellent way to familiarize yourself with the individuals who teach your classes. What better way to get to know someone than delving into their minds through their creations?

This exhibit was created by Lidia Soto Minter ’24 as part of a J-Term internship in the library.

DEIB & WRL Book Club

Date: November 21, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Hollins Room, 3rd floor

Hollins staff and faculty are invited to the November meeting of the DEIB/WRL book club. Our goal is to explore dialogue across differences, and related issues: please join us for a friendly conversation, with dessert…

The Book: Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang. RSVP to Dina Hackley-Hunt: hackleyhuntdm@hollins.edu .

Coffee, tea, and dessert are on us; you are welcome to bring your brown bag lunch, and any interested colleagues.

 How to read the book: E-book and audiobook versions are available by downloading the Libby app and adding “Hollins University” as one of your libraries in the app (For Libby on your computer, click here). The public library also has physical copies of the book. If you prefer to own your reads, we suggest supporting your local independent bookstore.

For more information, contact Dina Hackley-Hunt or Maryke Barber: mbarber@hollins.edu

Write-In in the CLE

Date: December 4, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm - 11:55 pm
Location: CLE, 1st floor

Bring your writing & presentation assignments and join us! We’ll have:

  • Tea, hot cocoa, soda & snacks.
  • Writing tutors & librarians (until 10 pm).
  • Friendly support for getting stuff done!
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Write-in: the Final Countdown!

Date: December 11, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm - 11:55 pm
Location: CLE, 1st floor

Bring your writing & presentation assignments and join us…We’ll have:

  • Tea, hot cocoa, soda & snacks.
  • Writing tutors & librarians (until 10 pm).
  • Friendly support for getting stuff done!
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